词根词缀：hypo-, hyp-

【来源及含义】Greek: under, below, beneath; less than; too little; deficient, diminished; used as a prefix

【同源单词】acoustic hypoesthesia, acrohypothermia, acrohypothermy, adenohypophysis, adenohypophysitis, angiohypotonia

词根词缀：palli-, pallio, pallit-

【来源及含义】Latin: mantle, covering; cloak

【相关描述】 To palliate, extenuate, cloak. These words, as here compared, are used in a figurative sense in reference to our treatment of wrong action. We cloak in order to conceal completely. We extenuate a crime when we endeavor to show that it is less than has been supposed; we palliate a crime when we endeavor to cover or conceal its enormity, at least in part. This naturally leads us to soften some of its features, and thus palliate approaches extenuate until they have become nearly or quite identical .

【同源单词】pallia, palliament, palliate, palliated, palliation, palliative

词根词缀：subter-

【来源及含义】Latin: under, beneath, secretly, less than; formed from sub-

【同源单词】subterannuating, subterannuation, subterfuge, subterraneal, subterranean, subterraneous